Soil, Food & Human Health

A carrot’s story begins long before it reaches your kitchen. Around its roots, soil organisms help break down organic matter and cycle nutrients. There’s a whole community at work in that handful of earth.

What does that mean for the food we grow—and for us? That’s the question at the heart of this topic. We’ll explore the relationships between soil life, the food on our tables and human health, following the connections one step at a time.